Centre for Mathematical Sciences (CMS), with

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es at

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

and

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, is a research level

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devoted to

mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

and other related disciplines like

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s. The Centre was incorporated in 1977 as a non-profit scientific research and training centre under the

Travancore The Kingdom of Travancore ( /ˈtrævənkɔːr/), also known as the Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor, was an Indian kingdom from c. 1729 until 1949. It was ruled by the Travancore Royal Family from Padmanabhapuram, and later Thiruvananthapuram. At ...

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Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act XII of 1955. The driving force behind the establishment of the Centre was Prof. Aleyamma George, who had been Professor and Head of the Department of Statistics of

University of Kerala University of Kerala, formerly the University of Travancore, is a state-run public university located in Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital of Kerala, India. It was established in 1937 by a promulgation of the Maharajah of Travancore, Chit ...

. Since 2006, the Centre is a

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(DST),

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Centre for Mathematical Sciences and is fully financed by DST, New Delhi. The Centre is headed by a Chairman, a position currently held by Dr. A Sukumaran Nair, a former

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of Mahatma Gandhi University,

Kottayam Kottayam () is a municipal town in the Indian state of Kerala. Flanked by the Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. It is the district headquarters of Kottayam district, located in south-we ...

, and a Director a position now held by Dr. A.M. Mathai, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, Canada. The activities of the Thiruvananthapuram Campus are coordinated by Dr. K. S. S. Nambooripad. The Centre has started doing good work in its early years itself. (see p.402, item 5) At present, several research teams are operating in the Centre like

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Research Group,

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History

Centre for Mathematical Sciences was established in 1977 in

Trivandrum Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

. In 2002, the

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of the Centre was established in a one-floor finished building donated by the

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Palai Pallai ( ta, பளை, si, පල්ලෙයි), also spelt Palai, is a small town in the Kilinochchi District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is located near the coast on the northern peninsula, approximately south-east of Jaffna. ...

. In 2006, Hill Area Campus of the Centre was established. The office, the library and most of the facilities are at the Pala Campus. Starting from 1985, Professor Dr. A.M. Mathai of

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is the Director of the Centre. In 2006-2007 the

(DST) gave a development grant to the Centre. Starting from December 2006, the Centre is being developed as a DST Centre for Mathematical Sciences. DST has similar centres at three other locations in India. From 1977 to 2006, the activities at the Centre were carried out by a group of researchers in Kerala, mostly retired professors, through voluntary service. Starting from 2007, DST created full-time salaried positions of three Assistant Professors, one Full Professor and one Liaison Officer. They are at Pala Campus. DST approved up to 15 junior research fellows (JRF) and one senior research fellow (SRF). They are the current PhD students at the Pala Campus. They would receive their PhD degrees from Mahatma Gandhi University,

Publications

*''Publications Series'' (books, proceedings, collections of research papers, lecture notes etc.) *''Newsletter'' of two issues per year *''Modules Series'' (self-study books on basic topics; current number is 6) *''Mathematical Sciences for the General Public Series''

Former chairmen

The following persons had held the position of Chairman in the Centre for mathematical Sciences. Home page of CMS : *Mr. K.T. Chandy, former Chairman, Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation. *Prof. P.V. Sukhatme, statistician and nutritionist. *Dr. K.R. Nair, former Director of the Central Statistical Organization,

and former Director of the United Nations Asian Statistical Institute, Tokyo, Japan. *Dr. G. Sankaranarayanan, former Professor and Head, Department of Mathematics and Statistics,

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. *Dr. B.R. Bhat, a well-known probabilist. *Dr. C.G. Ramachandran Nair, a former Chairman of State Committee for Science, Technology and Environment (STEC) and a well-known chemist. *Dr. A. Sukumaran Nair, former Vice-Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India.

References

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